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Martinson suggests that the Northmen found the wendol cannibalism repellent because they believed that the flesh of warriors was fed to women, particularly the mother of the wendol.

Eaters Of The Dead Crichton, Michael, 1942- 1976

And thus we climbed up the hill, mounted our horses, and left the region of the wendol, and departed the desert of dread.

Eaters Of The Dead Crichton, Michael, 1942- 1976

Now we came to a hill and, reaching the crest, paused and looked down upon the encampment of the wendol.

Eaters Of The Dead Crichton, Michael, 1942- 1976

With my own eyes I saw Ecthgow, with his arms of steel: verily his head was lopped off by a wendol sword and the head bounced upon the ground as a bauble, the tongue still flicking in the mouth.

Eaters Of The Dead Crichton, Michael, 1942- 1976

At this the old man said that I was a foreigner, and he would consent to enlighten me, and he told me this: the name of “wendol,” or “windon,” is a very ancient name, as old as any of the peoples of the North country, and it means “the black mist.”

Eaters Of The Dead Crichton, Michael, 1942- 1976

This I took to refer to the “wendol,” but Wiglif turned pale and gripped the chair in which he sat.

Eaters Of The Dead Crichton, Michael, 1942- 1976

Many times he struck the mother of the wendol with his dagger.

Eaters Of The Dead Crichton, Michael, 1942- 1976

Now I saw one of the horsemen ride through the burning section of fence, and I could see this wendol clearly for the first time, and verily I saw this: on a black steed rode a human figure in black, but his head was the head of a bear.

Eaters Of The Dead Crichton, Michael, 1942- 1976

Thus we others warily descended the hill among the sickly scrub and dying bushes down the slope to the encampment of the wendol.

Eaters Of The Dead Crichton, Michael, 1942- 1976

Verily, as we had killed the mother of the wendol, who was their leader, so also had we lost Buliwyf, who was our own leader, and there was no cheerfulness while we waited and heard the thunder approach.

Eaters Of The Dead Crichton, Michael, 1942- 1976